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| Proton Pack The business end of a mobile particle accelerator. (From Ghostbusters [1984] by Harold Ramis) |
| U-Stor-It A storage unit converted for use as an apartment. (From Snow Crash [1992] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Hypercard A virtual business card; what one avatar might hand another to introduce themselves. (From Snow Crash [1992] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Smartwheels Special "wheels" that are actually sets of spokes that telescope to be as long as they need to be for a smooth ride. (From Snow Crash [1992] by Neal Stephenson) |
| Palm Lock A lock or seal which can be opened only by contact with the palm of the human hand to which it has been keyed. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Lasgun A continuous-wave laser projector; can be used as a weapon or as a cutting tool. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Krimskell Fiber A "claw" fiber which will rubs against itself in such a way that, the tighter the rope is pulled, the stronger the knot becomes. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Suspensor An energy field that can nullify gravity for small objects. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Fanmetal High tensile strength material; used in collapsible structures opened by "fanning" them out. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Ego-Likeness An extremely detailed portrait played through a shigawire projector; capable of reproducing minute movements said to convey the ego essence of a person. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Doorseal A portable plastic seal used in temporary camps to keep moisture from escaping from dwelling places. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Distrans Device produces a temporary neural imprint on the nervous system of Chiroptera or birds. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Computer Translator A computer translator; software that provides automatic translation when jacked into a data port. (From Idoru [1996] by William Gibson) |
| Cutteray A laser used in a range of tools - including mining equipment. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Cone of Silence Distortion field that limits the carrying power of voice or other vibration; it accomplishes noise reduction with an image-vibration 180 degrees out of phase. (From Cease Fire [1958] by Frank Herbert) |
| Carryall A flying wing (aircraft); used to pick up a sandcrawler (harvester factory) (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Synthespian A synthetic media personality. (From Idoru [1996] by William Gibson) |
| Idoru A virtual person like a video game character; an entity given specific characteristics, existing only in computer networks. (From Idoru [1996] by William Gibson) |
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